Verse 1487

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

ननु शब्दप्रमाणादिप्रमाणान्तरसम्भवात् ।
निर्दिष्टं लक्षणं कस्माद्द्वयोरेव प्रमाणयोः ॥ १४८७ ॥

nanu śabdapramāṇādipramāṇāntarasambhavāt |
nirdiṣṭaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kasmāddvayoreva pramāṇayoḥ || 1487 ||

“Inasmuch as there are other means or forms of knowledge, in the shape of verbal cognition and others,—why has the definition of only two such means been provided?”

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The Author now proceeds to show that there are only two Means or Forms of Knowledge, by refuting the various theories regarding their number.—The Opponent (of the Buddhist) urges the following objection:—[see verse 1487 above]

What the Opponent means to do by this is (1) to point out that the definition provided is ‘too narrow’, and (2) to indicate that what has been asserted (under Text 3) regarding Truth ‘being ascertained by the two Means or Forms of Knowledge’ is futile.

The answer to this is provided in the following—[see verse 1488 next]